We bought this right before the summer of 2020 when the world shut down. We wanted our kids to get outside and play since they were home. It started out great, but after trying to maintain the upkeep, it began to get worse. A year into this playset, the pieces were warping and starting to fail. The whole playset shakes back and forth, even with my 35 lb child. We do not feel safe with it anymore, and now we are on the hunt for a new one. If you want to spend this type of money, keep in mind that even if you try and upkeep it like told, it will still fail. Not happy.

The project is fairly easy to assemble however the plans are difficult to follow. It has many steps where you need to orient boards a certain way but the instructions are unclear on this. Then several steps later you find you put the board on the wrong way and either have to dissamble everything or drill new holes. Also the instructions do not mention squaring or leveling anyplace.

The Sky Fort came in just a few days which was a surprise. I found a man that had a business putting together items like this and it took him and a partner all day---but they did a nice job and the structure is amazing!!(I think it would be overwhelming for someone without construction experience??) My 3 and 5 year grandsons love it. It was a little scary at first because its so much bigger than their current little plastic swing set. But they are having a blast now. I really like the glider for the little guy---he can get it going all by himself! It is well made, sturdy and looks great in the yard.

Great value for the offering. Good quality product. Durable. Looks adorable. My son loves it (he is 4). All the neighborhood kids are always asking to come over and play on it. It took my husband an estimated 20 hours to assemble. He said it wasn't bad to assemble. We built sections in our garage and then carried the tower back to where it would be placed, and finished the final assembly in our backyard. We had all our parts - nothing was missing like I had seen mentioned on some reviews. All parts were packaged nicely - very organized. Came in 4 large boxes - fit in our garage. We did not have time to seal or stain it before assembly like it sates in the manual. If you have time I would do that before assembly. Pleased with the purchase.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Get a group of people to put it together. Kids love it. Instructions are a little difficult. Lining up the holes the way it showed did not always work so we had to make our own. It is a very nice set though

We love this swingset, which is used daily by our 8 year old daughter and the three class mates that come over every day after school. Although they can't stand up straight under the club house, they have plenty of clearance, and more, on the rest of the set. My 6'1" husband can stand in the clubhouse with ample headroom. We elected to apply sealant to every piece of wood prior to assembly, which took approximately 16 hours. Actual assembly took approximately 24 hours, achieved sporadically over a 10 day period. We weren't missing any pieces, however four were mislabled. The directions are fairly clear; several times we had to redo work when we secured wood in the right spot, but on the wrong side. It has been up for one month, played on daily by four children who average 52 pounds, and they are not gentle on it. We could not be happier.

I don't think there is a better value out there for play sets. We've had ours for two years now and it has held up very well. We have 5 kids and they have friends over all the time. With all the features you get with this set (monkey bars, swings, fort, slide, etc.) it is hard to believe the price. I did opt for the install package that was another $600 but it was worth it. I would recommend water sealing it early on in some form or fashion (see other reviews for good ideas). We did not until just a few days ago and it will be fine but probably would have been an easier project a year ago. My only complainant are the "windows". For mine they just stapled them in and the kids eventually started pulling them out. I recommend you get some screws and screw them in if your installer does not. Great product at really great price. Highly recommend.

We bought this as a combo Christmas present for our 3 year old son and 1.5 year old daughter. It was delivered to our driveway in perfect condition, and I had the parts sorted over the next 2 hours. I constructed the fort 99% by myself in about 34 hours. (The remaining 1% were times when I dropped something while working from the upper floor or crow's nest and my wife stepped in to grab it, hah). The material quality is excellent - I see no reason why this would not stand up to the 10+ years of play I expect to get out of this as our little ones grow into fully using all parts (e.g. monkey bars). The only knock I give against the Skyfort II is that the golden/brass materials used in the swing connections (for decorative purposes over the otherwise black bolts?) were a bit soft. I stripped the ends of 2 gold/brass bolts trying to get them to bite into the gold/brass lock nuts, and there was only 1 spare provided. I was easily able to buy replacement (harder material) bolts on Amazon since all parts are labeled with their specs, but it was annoying to have to wait to "complete" the swingset. As you can see in the pictures, the trapeze had to wait until I had the bolt. Otherwise the only other "complaint" is that you need very level ground - for example making the final connections from the crow's nest to the main building. I had to add bricks under the swing-side support to take tension off these bolts and secure them. I'll have to add dirt over time to level the yard.

I evaluated may swing sets from the Rainbow systems and Backyard Adventures before deciding to go for the do-it-yourself route. It took 4 adults about 20 hours and then I did some finishing touches for about 6 hours during the work week. I agree that setting all the parts out ahead of time will significantly save you time, but it's hard to have the space to do that too far in advance not to mention the unpredictable weather of December. The set is worth every penny and the blood, sweat, and tears just to see the smile on my little boys face. There are some significant errors in the instruction manual, which made my rating a 4. The quality is there and the set looks great, we just had about 5 items that we had to re-work, which delayed greatly. Customer Service is wonderful with missing parts. If you are prepared for the work, this is the set for you. I also wish there were four slots for swings vs. three.

Looking at the boxes of wood was a little overwhelming but the instructions where easy to follow. Sort out the wood and screws in order and assembly went well and was actually kind of fun for the family. The actual set is everything we thought it would be, my 7 year old explorer lives the crows nest and my 5 year old gymnast loves her monkey bars.